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Overview

David B. Lank is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and focuses their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

David B. Lank has contributed to several recent publications. These include:

  • "Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain," 2020, Ornithological Applications
  • "Functional differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis are associated with alternative reproductive tactics based on an inversion polymorphism," 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • "Intralocus conflicts associated with a supergene," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Gene Expression Modification by an Autosomal Inversion Associated With Three Male Mating Morphs," 2021, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Development of intraspecific size variation in black coucals, white-browed coucals and ruffs from hatching to fledging," 2020, Journal of Avian Biology

Frequent publication venues for David B. Lank include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Global Change Biology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Clemens Küpper
  • Jasmine L. Loveland
  • Lina M. Giraldo-Deck
  • Wolfgang Goymann
  • Paul A. Smith

Best Publications

  • A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

    Clemens Küpper;Clemens Küpper;Michael Stocks;Judith E Risse;Natalie Dos Remedios

  • Genetic polymorphism for alternative mating behaviour in lekking male ruff Philomachus pugnax

    David B. Lank;Constance M. Smith;Olivier Hanotte;Terry Burke

  • Signaling individual identity versus quality: a model and case studies with ruffs, queleas, and house finches.

    James Dale;David B. Lank;Hudson Kern Reeve

  • Effects of Predation Danger on Migration Strategies of Sandpipers

    David B. Lank;Robert W. Butler;John Ireland;Ronald C. Ydenberg

  • Western sandpipers have altered migration tactics as peregrine falcon populations have recovered.

    Ronald C. Ydenberg;Robert W. Butler;Robert W. Butler;David B. Lank;Barry D. Smith;Barry D. Smith

  • The Snow Geese of La Pérouse Bay: Natural Selection in the Wild

    F. Cooke;Robert F. Rockwell;David B. Lank

  • Blood Isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) Turnover and Diet-Tissue Fractionation Factors in Captive Dunlin (Calidris Alpina Pacifica)

    Lesley J. Evans Ogden;Keith A. Hobson;David B. Lank

  • Body Size Variation in Lesser Snow Geese: Environmental Plasticity in Gosling Growth Rates

    E. G. Cooch;D. B. Lank;A. Dzubin;R. F. Rockwell

  • Long-Term Decline in Body Size in a Snow Goose Population: Evidence of Environmental Degradation?

    E. G. Cooch;D. B. Lank;R. F. Rockwell;F. Cooke

  • Trade-offs, condition dependence and stopover site selection by migrating sandpipers

    Ronald C. Ydenberg;Robert W. Butler;David B. Lank;Christopher G. Guglielmo

  • Sexual selection, arrival times, philopatry and site fidelity in the polyandrous spotted sandpiper

    L. W. Oring;D. B. Lank

  • Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

  • The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

    Gianna M Tricola;Mirre J P Simons;Els Atema;Raoul K Boughton

  • Death and danger at migratory stopovers: problems with “predation risk”

    David B. Lank;Ronald C. Ydenberg

  • Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

    Samantha Franks;David B. Lank;W. Herbert Wilson

  • WESTERN SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS MAURI) DURING THE NONBREEDING SEASON: SPATIAL SEGREGATION ON A HEMISPHERIC SCALE

    Silke Nebel;David B. Lank;Patrick D. O'Hara;Guillermo Fernandez

  • Breeding Area Fidelity, Natal Philopatry, and the Social Systems of Sandpipers

    Lewis W. Oring;David B. Lank

  • High frequency of polyandry in a lek mating system

    David B. Lank;Constance M. Smith;Olivier Hanotte;Arvo Ohtonen

  • Long-term decline in fecundity in a snow goose population: evidence for density dependence?

    E. G. Cooch;D. B. Lank;R. F. Rockwell;F. Cooke

  • snow geese of La Pérouse Bay

    F. Cooke;Robert F. Rockwell;David B. Lank

  • Supporting Information for 'Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds'

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald C. Ydenberg
Ronald C. Ydenberg Simon Fraser University
Brett K. Sandercock
Brett K. Sandercock Kansas State University
Fred Cooke
Fred Cooke Simon Fraser University
Robert F. Rockwell
Robert F. Rockwell American Museum of Natural History
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Erica Nol
Erica Nol Trent University
Evan G. Cooch
Evan G. Cooch Cornell University
David H. Ward
David H. Ward United States Geological Survey
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Joël Bêty
Joël Bêty Université du Québec à Rimouski

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